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J. D. NSTON. ADVERT G NOVELTY.

No.. 540,496. l Patented June 4, 1895.

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' port, in the county,offNewportandjState of Rhoderlsland, haveinventedcertain'new and invention, such as will enableothers skilledments in advertising novelties, is Vin the na- Y UNi-Tnn STATES fPATENT-s Ormes.

JOHN JOHNSTON, or NEW-PORT, RHODE ISLAND.

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sPEcIrIcA'rIoNrorming part O f Letteislratent No; 540,4e6, dated June 4,1895.

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To all whom v,melig/conoem:A i,

Be it yknownthatgI,JOHND;.loHNsTON,a citizen of'the'UnitedStates,residing at New@ useful Improvements in Advertising Novelties;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, Yand exactdescription of the in the art to which it apperfains to make and use thesame. i v

My invention which relates to improve# ture of a combined paper weightand advertising device, more especially adapted for use for architectsand draftsmens tables, and such invention primarily has for its objectto provide a device of this character of a very simple, inexpensive andattractive nature.

l My invention also has for its object to pro-v vide a combinedadvertising device and paper. weight, having a rotary cylinder Vor drum,which has a central portion having alternate advertising, and pin,thumb-tack or needle receiving spaces, and end spaces arranged toreceive calendar sheets, the whole being so compactly arranged that itcan be easily grasped and used as an ordinary paper weight.

With other minor objects in view which hereinafter will be referred to,my invention consists in such novel features of construction andpeculiar combination of parts, as. will be iirst described in detail andthen be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspectiveview of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of thepreferred form of construction of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesection taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsection of the cylinder, showing a modified form of construction.

My improved device, which may be constructed out of wood, or metal, or acombination of wood and metal, comprises a base member A, of a suitableOrnamental shape, preferably as shown in Fig. l, on the ends of whichare fitted standards or short posts B B, which at their upper ends ontheir innerfaces have sockets to receive the stub pintles c c of thecylinder C, which-posts in practices are serai N. 541,441. (No maar) Afirst,fittedV on the pintles c c before their foot portions b'b arefitted in the sockets da in the base A;

c .The cylinder C which is preferably made of wood, has ornamentalends cand a pair of intermediate'annular rims c2 o2 so spaced as to divide theouter peripheral face'of the cylinder into three spaces, a central one Cand the end ones C2 C2, the end ones being of a less width than thecentral one, as shown. The end portions ofthe cylinder have a diametersomewhat less than the central space C whereby to form a depressedportion, on which can be easily glued or otherwise fastened the calendarsheets D `D', which as will be seen from Fig. l are arranged to have thealternate months printed successively, whereby two months, as forexample January and February will appear at the front at all times. Bymaking the spaces C2 depressed, it is manifest the sheets D D will bethe more securely held from being worn or torn off by handling thedevice. Furthermore, aniple space is thereby provided to apply newcalendar sheets over the Old Ones at the change of the year. 1 Thecentral space C is divided in sixteen (more or less) longitudinal spacesE F, eight of which, E, have their faces adapted to receive advertisingmatter which may be imprinted directly thereon or maybe in the nature ofstrips E,\as shown, while the other spaces F, have longitudinal channelsor pockets f into which is fitted suitable yielding material F adaptedto form pin-cushion portions to receive ordinary pins, needles orthumbtacks.

To render the device compactso that it can,

van integral body. In this construction the central cylinder can havethe longitudinal grooves f cut therein from end to end. The

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end sections in this case will be turned with a depressed portion toreceive the calendar, the ends of such sections forming the annular rimsheretofore referred to.

The cylinder may also be constructed as shown in Fig. 4. In this case asolid cylinder is used, having the ends C4 turn ed to a smaller diameterthan the central section C5, to perlnit the said section being groovedlongitudinally to receive the cushion strips FX which can be enteredendwise. the intermediate annular rims are separate collar portionsslipped over the ends C4, the end rims being also separate and slippedover and glued to the said ends C4, as shown.

To hold the cylinder from turning too freely on the standards B, aspring Washer disk may be inserted on one of the pintles, as shown inFig. 2.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawings, it will bereadily apparent that my improved novelty is of such a nature that thesame can be so cheaply constructed as to adapt it as an advertisingnovelty for free distribution by enterprising advertisers, itsadvertising qualities being enhanced by its adaptability for use as adesk paper weight and pin cushion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

l. A combined advertising device and paper weight, comprisiuga basemember, and a revolving cylinder mounted thereon, having annulardepressed end sections, adapted to receive calendar sheets, and acentral section having alternate longitudinal spaces forming pin orthumb-tack receiving portions and advertising spaces, substantially asshown and described.

2. An improved advertising device and paper weight, comprising a basemember having end posts, and a cylinder jourualed on such posts with itslower edge disposed close to the base, said cylinder having a series of1ongitudinal pin-cushion portions, the aforesaid base member having aconcave portion in its In this construction upper face at a point underthe longitudinal pinreceiving cushion 'portions ofthe cylinder, allarranged substantially as shown and described.

3. An improved combined advertising device and paper weight, comprisinga base member, a cylinder having end rims, and intermediate rims,whereby central and end spaces are formed, the central space having aseries of longitudinal grooves, having each a filling of yielding orcushion-like material, substantially as shown and described.

4. An improved device as described, comprising a base member, having endstandards, a cylinder held to turn in such standards, consisting of acentral section, having radially arranged longitudinal grooves extendingthe full length thereof, and end sections glued thereto having endportions of a largerdiameter than the central section, and havingannular depressed portions adapted to form seats for a calendar' sheet,and having at their outer ends central pintle or stud members adapted tofit the bearings to the standards, all arranged substantially as shown.

5. The combination ofa base member having end standards, of a cylinderheld to turn in such standards, such cylinder having its end portionsformed of a reduced diameter whereby a central raised section is formed,said raised section having longitudinal grooves extending thei'ulllength of the section, cushionstrips fitted in such grooves, annularring members fitted on the reduced portions, against the ends of theraised sections, and end disk members adapted to tit onto the ends ofthe said reduced portions and having pintles to tit the bearings in thestandards of the base member, all arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

JOHN D. JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

W. O. MILNE, DARIUs BAKER.

